51Թ

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embrangle

[em-brang-guhl]

verb (used with object)

embrangled, embrangling 

  1. to embroil.

embrangle

/ ɪˈæŋɡə /

verb

  1. rare(tr) to confuse or entangle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • embranglement noun
  • ˈԲ𳾱Գ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of embrangle1

1655–65; em- 1 + brangle (blend of brawl and wrangle )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of embrangle1

C17: from em- + obsolete brangle to wrangle, perhaps a blend of brawl 1 + wrangle
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Embrangle, em-brang′gl, Imbrangle, im-, v.t. to confuse, perplex.—n.

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The crowning insult was that the investigation threatened to embrangle Edward's brother-in-law, the playboy Duke of Argyll, in a homosexual scandal.

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